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Webster 1913 Edition

Trident

Tri′dent

(trī′dent)
,
Noun.
[L.
tridens
,
-entis
;
tri-
(see
Tri-
) +
dens
tooth: cf. F.
trident
. See
Tooth
.]
1.
(Class Myth.)
A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, – the common attribute of Neptune.
2.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.
3.
A three-pronged fish spear.
4.
(Geom.)
A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.
Trident bat
(Zool.)
,
an Asiatic rhinolophid bat (
Triaenops Persicus
), having the nose membrane in the shape of a trident.

Tri′dent

,
Adj.
[L.
tridens
.]
Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trident

TRI'DENT

,
Noun.
[L. tridens; tres, three, and dens, tooth.]
In mythology, a kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, which the fables of antiquity put into the hands of Neptune, the deity of the ocean.

TRI'DENT

Definition 2024

trident

trident

English

Noun

trident ‎(plural tridents)

  1. A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.
    Poseidon's trident
  2. (geometry) A curve of third order of the form:

Synonyms

  • (curve): trident curve

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Etymology

From Latin tridēns.

Noun

trident m ‎(plural tridents)

  1. trident

French

Noun

trident m ‎(plural tridents)

  1. trident

Etymology

From Latin tridēns, from trēs ‎(“three”) + dēns ‎(“tooth”).

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